The CDU and CSU have stated that they will not cave to Trump's demands that Germany spend 5% of GDP on defense, noting that the United States does not spend that much either.

From scrapped plans to cut taxes on electricity for households to bringing forward a change for mothers' pensions, here's a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition rebuffed calls to expand an electricity-tax discount to include ...

The CDU/CSU received approximately 28.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, coming in close to the 30% support estimated ahead of the polls. This will put them in first place, ...

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Recriminations flew in Berlin on Thursday after Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government failed to agree on a nationwide cut in ...

The German government has announced it was postponing electricity tax cuts for households and small businesses citing budget ...

The CDU/CSU are unlikely to win an outright majority of the 630 seats up for grabs. That means they will have to form a coalition with one (or more) of the other parties.

The new German government faced its first major roadblock on Thursday after its constituent parties failed to defuse an internal row over whether to reduce electricity prices for individual consumers.

Germany's alliance of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in polls, but with a thinning margin over the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Julia Klöckner was seen as a surprise choice for Bundestag president — a role that traditionally requires a calm and neutral ...